Juddmonte’s Royal Ascot winner Sangarius sold to stand in Brazil

Juddmonte's 2019 Hampton Court Stakes winner Sangarius has been retired from racing and been purchased for stallion duties by Haras Santa Rita da Serra, the breeders of recent Brazilian Group 1 winner Jackson Pollock and Triple Crown heroine Janelle Monae.

The son of Kingman was a high-class performer for the late Prince Khalid Abdullah's operation, winning the Flying Scotsman Stakes and finishing fourth in the Dewhurst at two before his impressive Royal Ascot success the following year for Sir Michael Stoute.

Sangarius, who won four of his ten starts in total, was purchased in a deal brokered by Felipe Lopes.

Lopes, who recently launched his own agency Lopes Bloodstock and has worked for Juddmonte for over nine years, said: "The buyer was looking for a horse with a very good pedigree like Sangarius, who comes from the family of Hasili and is also very like his father."

Felipe Lopes: brokered the deal for SangariusCredit: Felipe Lopes

Sangarius, who also won the Listed Quebec Stakes in December and was second in the Huxley and Brigadier Gerard Stakes this term, is the type of horse which has always appealed to the South American market, according to Lopes.

He added: "He has a lot of speed, like Kingman, which is very important for Brazilian racing. The buyer absolutely loves Kingman and the horse is a lovely model - standing at 16.1 hands, he is the perfect size for Brazil.

"He started his quarantine on Friday and he will fly over on August 29 with Outstrip."

A half-brother to the winning Frankel colt Hydros and the Group 3-placed Oasis Dream filly Emergent, the five-year-old will be the first son of Kingman to stand in Brazil.

Sangarius is one of 19 individual Group winners for the Banstead Manor Stud resident and is out of a half-sister to Prix Jean Romanet winner Romantica in Trojan Queen.

Trojan Queen, by Empire Maker, is out of multiple top-level winner Banks Hill, a daughter of Danehill and the phenomenal blue hen Hasili and can count Dansili, Cacique, Champs Elysees and Intercontinental among her full-siblings, as well as Heat Haze and Deluxe as half-siblings.

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